The Flood
Print
1830 (published)
1830 (published)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Mezzotint, lettered with the title, 'The Flood', and 'Designed & Engraved by John Martin'.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | The Flood (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Mezzotint |
| Brief description | 'The Flood'. Frontispiece by John Martin (1789-1854), to 'The Last Days of the Antediluvian World. A Forlorn Hope, and Ishmael's Address'. London, 1830. |
| Physical description | Mezzotint, lettered with the title, 'The Flood', and 'Designed & Engraved by John Martin'. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Designed & Engraved by John Martin.' (Lettered with title and) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Thomas Balston through Art Fund |
| Object history | This frontispiece was also used as a plate on p.354 of The Wars of Jehovah, in Heaven, Earth and Hell: in nine Books by Thomas Hawkins, London, 1844. (T.B. Appendix 9, 13). Another impression is in the Department of Prints and Drawings, E.619-1886. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Associated object | E.619-1886 (Version) |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968 London: HMSO, 1969. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.635-1968 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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